CA AB2003

Transfers responsibility for developing an evidence-based online suicide prevention training program from the State Department of Education to the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission

Expands the scope of suicide prevention training to include kindergarten through grade 12 (previously grades 7-12 only) and adds parents as a required training audience alongside school staff and pupils

Requires the training program to be free, accessible statewide, trauma-informed, and culturally and linguistically competent

Mandates that local educational agencies conducting suicide risk screenings report deidentified, aggregate data to the department, including pupil demographics, risk severity levels, and high-risk group identification

Requires the Department of Education to compile and publish statewide aggregate screening data on its website and coordinate data collection with the State Department of Health Care Services